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China stripped of Sydney gymnastics bronze | China has been stripped of their women's gymnastics team bronze medal from the Sydney 2000 Olympics after one of the athletes falsified her age, the International
Olympic Committee said on Wednesday. According to a China Daily report, an International
Gymnastics Federation (FIG) probe had found in February that Dong Fangxiao was
younger than the minimum age requirement of 16 after registering different ages
at Sydney and the Beijing Games eight years later. "The medal and diplomas of
Dong Fangxiao are withdrawn and reallocated accordingly," IOC spokesman Mark Adams
told reporters after an IOC Executive Board meeting. The United States, fourth-place
finishers in Sydney, are now upgraded to third place and will be awarded the bronze
medal. The IOC ordered the Chinese Olympic Committee to return the medal and her
diplomas so they can be re-awarded and told the committee it must ensure rules
regarding age-limits are strictly kept. |
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